As controversy again erupts over Quebec’s Bill 21, after a teacher wearing a hijab was removed from her classroom, calls are growing for the federal government to intervene in the religious symbols law. But as David Akin explains, Ottawa is choosing to stay on the sidelines.
- Anti-Islamophobia advocates want action from politicians now speaking out against Bill 21
- Quebec Premier François Legault says school board wrong to hire teacher who wore hijab
- Quebec teacher’s removal for wearing hijab a ‘cowardly’ move, minister says